First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

WARWICKSHIRE v SOMERSET Played at Edgbaston, Birmingham, July 2, 4, 1949. Warwickshire won by an innings and 37 runs. (Points: Warwickshire 12, Somerset 0) SOMERSET 1 H.Gimblett b Townsend 45 lbw b Grove 68 2 E.Hill b Pritchard 8 st Spooner b Hollies 16 3 F.L.Angell lbw b Pritchard 0 run out 12 4 *G.E.S.Woodhouse b Pritchard 17 c Townsend b Hollies 10 5 M.Coope st Spooner b Townsend 9 lbw b Grove 1 6 H.F.T.Buse c Spooner b Grove 2 b Pritchard 4 7 †H.W.Stephenson b Grove 6 c Pritchard b Hollies 13 8 J.Lawrence c Pritchard b Hollies 11 b Pritchard 8 9 A.W.Wellard b Townsend 34 c Spooner b Pritchard 41 10 H.L.Hazell not out 1 not out 1 11 J.Redman c Townsend b Hollies 1 b Hollies 10 Extras b 8, lb 2 10 b 4, lb 3, w 1 8 —— —— 144 192 FoW (1): 1-21, 2-29, 3-63, 4-73, 5-85, 6-93, 7-93, 8-139, 9-143, 10-144 FoW (2): 1-76, 2-90, 3-104, 4-110, 5-116, 6-122, 7-132, 8-176, 9-181, 10-192 WARWICKSHIRE 1 F.C.Gardner st Stephenson b Lawrence 49 2 D.D.S.Taylor st Stephenson b Lawrence 12 3 K.A.Taylor st Stephenson b Lawrence 13 4 J.S.Ord b Hazell 12 5 *H.E.Dollery c Wellard b Hazell 15 6 A.Townsend lbw b Lawrence 68 7 A.V.G.Wolton not out 111 8 †R.T.Spooner c Angell b Lawrence 8 9 C.W.C.Grove c Gimblett b Hazell 60 10 T.L.Pritchard c Hill b Wellard 12 11 W.E.Hollies Extras b 6, lb 5, w 1, nb 1 13 —— (9 wickets, declared) 373 FoW (1): 1-49, 2-77, 3-90, 4-90, 5-110, 6-219, 7-243, 8-359, 9-373 Warwickshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Pritchard 22 8 38 3 19 6 55 3 Grove 18 9 40 2 18 5 42 2 Hollies 16.1 6 31 2 23.5 11 71 4 Townsend 16 6 25 3 6 0 16 0 Somerset Bowling O M R W Wellard 38 9 109 1 Buse 16 2 42 0 Hazell 43 14 105 3 Lawrence 30 6 75 5 Redman 10 0 29 0 Umpires: T.J.Bartley and C.N.Woolley. Toss: Somerset Close of Play: 1st day: Warwickshire (1) 175-5 (Townsend 44*, Wolton 21*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. A.V.G.Wolton’s 111 took 235 minutes and included 19 fours. 244